I can not edit the pages of the site, all html code is encoded.

Hi,

The shortcode shared by you is from WPBakery Page Builder plugin: https://wpbakery.com/
The WPBakery Page Builder and Visual Composer Website Builder: https://visualcomposer.com/ are two independent plugins. Due to this, one cannot be replaced by other. The Visual Composer Website Builder renders using react based layouts while WPBakery Page Builder renders using shortcodes.

I have a Codeless theme called Handel that, when I bought it, contains WPBakery plus Codeless. The Codeless relies on Kirki Developer Framework. I see now that Handel is being advertised on theme forest with plugins you can purchase to add on to the theme, one of them being Visual Composer.

3 days ago the Kirki Developer Framework changed to 4.0 and 4.0.4 and crashed a lot of Codeless sites. There is an directory error in the new version that causes Codeless sites to crash.

Right now I have an older version of Kirki that I downloaded so I could actually get my site back up online. But when I view the home page for editing, all the WPBakery plus Gutenberg blocks are gone and it’s just one page of html code mixed with junk like numbers. I am trying to rebuild the site as best as I can, but only customizer works.

I do have another installation of the same site on local desktop. The WPBakery and Gutenberg blocks show on the page, but when I try to edit the content, there is nothing to edit when I select a box. It’s clear if I do anything to edit, the blocks are going to disappear.

Since theme forest Handel is now offering Visual Composer as a purchased addon does this mean I can uninstall WPBakery and install Visual Composer to fix my site? I’m trying to save the site I already built. I like the Handel templates. But I can’t edit anything anymore.